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Feb. 17, 2020 / Gordon Price

What to do with underground parking

Ian Robertson found one solution in Paris.  From Euroactiv: In Paris, as in many European cities, the number of cars…
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Feb. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

What will happen to traffic with a congestion charge?

It will probably get worse. From The Guardian: London has achieved the impossible by eradicating the private car – and…
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Feb. 11, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Limits of Technology

High-speed trains sitting idle in Wuhan on Sunday, as the city remained locked down.…
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Feb. 11, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Push to Globally Mandate 30 Km/h Speed for Cities

There’s been a lot of buzz on social media about the societal and cultural shifts  to make streets safer, more…
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Feb. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Province’s Intersection Safety Cameras Snap 7,000 Speeders

The Province of British Columbia has started rolling out their first tickets for the Intersection Safety Camera (ISC)  Program announced…
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Jan. 30, 2020 / Gordon Price

Jeff Tumlin’s Best Presentation Ever!

PT has often referenced Jeff Tumlin, Executive Director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) – notably in this…
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Jan. 29, 2020 / Gordon Price

East and West, Singapore and Burnaby

Last November, PT did a series on the development of Brentwood station area (Burnaby Builds a City, starting here) –…
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Jan. 28, 2020 / Alexandra Doran

The 99th TRB Annual Meeting: Insider Insights

This year I was welcomed to present at the 99th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington DC.* As a…
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Jan. 27, 2020 / Laura Beattie

New Price Tags Contributor: Laura Beattie

Hello everyone! My name is Laura Beattie and I am happy to say that I will be contributing to Price…
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Jan. 23, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

The E Scooters are Coming

Following up on the Province of British Columbia’s “Move Commute Connect’ strategy which intends to double the percentage of active…
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Jan. 22, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Welcome Lon LaClaire, Vancouver’s New City Engineer/General Manager of Engineering Services

In the very good news department,  Sadhu Johnston the City Manager of the City of Vancouver has announced the new…
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Jan. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Women are More At Risk In Car Crashes Because Vehicles Are Not Designed for Them

Last Fall Consumer Reports revealed that although most Americans killed in car crashes are male, data shows that it is…
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Dec. 27, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Walt Disney, A Florida Swamp & An “Experimental” Community

Andy Yan, our  very own Duke of Data and Director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University shared his…
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Dec. 27, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Leading Pedestrian Intervals~If Surrey Can Do It, Why Can’t Vancouver?

I have been writing about Leading Pedestrian Intervals  (LPIs) and spoke on CBC Radio this month about why this innovation…

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